Thinking about thinking (Theory of knowledge)
Academic Article

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abstract

We are continuously thinking but we are not aware of the process unless we stop what we are doing and pause to think about our thinking. The same hap- pens with breathing. Once we are conscious of our breathing we can start experiment to know our powers: we can try to breathe faster, deeper, stop breathing for a while. We can then change impressions with our friends and even devote time to study the process of breathing as a scientist does. To think about thinking is to pause and try to go as deeper as we can into this tool that makes it possible we think about any other thing than thinking itself. While it is true that we can think very well without stopping to consider